Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she was ‘shocked’ to see the president discharged from the hospital so soon.
Sen. Susan Collins
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Latest poll shows Gideon and Collins neck-and-neck in Senate race
In a poll conducted by the Bangor Daily News and the Portland firm Digital Research, 44% of voters picked the Democratic challenger to 43% for the Republican incumbent
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Collins says she tested negative for COVID-19
Three other Republican senators have recently tested positive for the disease.
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Can Susan Collins survive Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party?
The four-term Republican senator was once among the most popular in the country. Now she’s the least and her latest bid for re-election has her in an unfamiliar role: underdog.
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Five takeaways: Susan Collins talks Trump, Supreme Court nominee in Waterville
The U.S. Senator stopped by for a downtown tour, but answered questions on national issues as well.
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U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, Tim Scott tour downtown Waterville to highlight economic recovery
The Maine senator brought her South Carolinian counterpart to Waterville to meet with local businesses and see the downtown area that will benefit from a $7.37 million federal grant.
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Defense analysts disagree over whether Collins or Gideon is better for BIW
Some analysts said Sen. Susan Collins hasn’t helped Bath Iron Works win contracts for new types of ships, while others argue that’s out of her control, regardless of her position as a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
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Hawaiian defense contractor with Maine offices charged with bank fraud
Martin Kao, whose company has an $8 million, Defense Department-funded project in Maine, is suspected of falsifying applications to the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Collins criticizes Trump for failing to condemn Proud Boys
The Republican senator says intolerance and white supremacy ‘have no place in our country,’ and her Democratic challenger, Sara Gideon, accuses the president of sowing ‘hatred and division among Americans.’
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Bill Nemitz: Drowning in political ads? Try this democracy preserver
Stand With Maine powers on in its quest to control campaign spending by way of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.